By Mostyn de Beer

Mostyn de Beer is an experienced artist educator based in Sweden. Mostyn is especially interested in environmental art; his practice investigates links between creating art and environmental education. Mostyn reflects on ways of using materials in an environmentally friendly way during art lessons, inspired by principles of permaculture design.

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